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Magnolia Tribune
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March 27, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/27/18
WJTV – Mississippi jobless rate and payrolls again hit new records Mississippi’s jobless rate again set a new low in February, while employer payrolls set a new high. The jobless rate fell to 4.5 percent, a new low since current surveys began in 1976, from 4.6 percent in January. That’s down from February 2017’s 5.4…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
Medicaid tech bill conference report filed, lawmakers wait for passage till budget is released
On Sunday House members took up the Medicaid budget bill, only to refer it back to conference after disagreements on what to do with the rewrite bill. The House and Senate have till Monday night at 6:00 to agree on a decision and must bring it to the floor by midnight. Update 8:30 P.M.: Running…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
Governor vetos “well intentioned” child abuse bill
Gov. Phil Bryant has chosen to veto a bill that would require Child Protection Services to notify any applicable military installation family advocacy program of child abuse in certain cases. The Governor says SB 2460 is well intentioned, but adds an unintended consequence: “Senate Bill 2460 is a well-intentioned bill with an unintended consequence. Reporting…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
UPDATE: Conference deadline over, filed bills head to the floor
This weekend is Conference weekend at the Mississippi State Capitol. This is the time that appropriations, finance, and general bills are finalized, dotted lines are signed, and most of it happens quietly and behind closed doors. These bills will determine the budget for state agencies for the next fiscal year. The deadline for those conference…
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Editor
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March 26, 2018
Watchdog group files FEC complaint against Chris McDaniel campaign and super PAC #mssen
Today, the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission outlining what they believe to be campaign finance violations surrounding the alleged coordination between the Chris McDaniel US Senate campaign and the “Remember Mississippi” super PAC. The McDaniel campaign responded to the Clarion Ledger as follows . . . McDaniel called the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
Empower MS says lawmakers are ignoring families on long ESA waiting list
For the third year in a row, the state legislature has level-funded the Special Needs Education Scholarship Account program leaving hundreds of children on a waiting list, waiting for another year, hoping to get a scholarship. The bill to expand the ESA program to additional students died weeks ago, but legislative leaders still had the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
AG announces investigation into social media site, Facebook
Today in his office, Attorney General Jim Hood announced an investigation in the privacy practices at Facebook. Watch the announcement below: Attorney General Jim Hood sent a letter to Facebook, Inc. last week putting the social media giant on notice to preserve any relevant information for his investigation into the company’s user privacy practices in…
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Editor
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March 26, 2018
Chris McDaniel adviser Rick Tyler actively trolling Donald Trump on Twitter #mssen
In the last few days, there’s been an organized push by Chris McDaniel supporters to solicit a presidential endorsement. The campaign has created an online petition of sorts to plead with President Trump for his endorsement over Governor Bryant’s pick, Cindy Hyde-Smith. The problem is the McDaniel camp may be of two minds about the…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 26, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/26/18
WLOX – MS lawmakers agree on $6 billion state budget Mississippi is set to spend more money on education, health programs and foster care in the budget year, which begins July 1. Negotiators from the state House and Senate have agreed on most details of a roughly $6 billion state budget. They filed budget bills…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 24, 2018
Agreements on $250 million bond package made
Top Mississippi lawmakers said Saturday that they have agreed on a bond package of nearly $250 million to finance several projects.Other members of the House and Senate were haggling over details of a nearly $6 billion state budget for the year that begins July 1. The bond package includes $50 million to replace some local…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 24, 2018
Questions for the MSGOP; talk of Hyde-Smith, Trump and McDaniel
Gov. Phil Bryant’s pick of Cindy Hyde-Smith as interim U.S. senator and news that anonymous White House wonks told Politico that President Trump might not support her caused some in the state GOP establishment to call for the immediate formation of a circular firing squad. Heck, it caused the Madison County Journal, in an editorial, to go…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 23, 2018
House stays firm on death of infrastructure bill
After the Joint Legislative Budget Committee met on Friday, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves stepped aside to meet with the press and answer a few questions about the conservative budget revisions that were adopted by the group. During the Lt. Gov.’s comments Speaker of the House Philip Gunn joined the group, and questions surrounding the fate…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 25, 2025
Second Medicaid Tech Bill vetoed by Governor
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Illia Novikov, Associated Press
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April 25, 2025
Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
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Frank Corder
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April 25, 2025
Standalone Dept. of Tourism vetoed over budget impasse
Business
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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April 27, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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April 27, 2025
Young men are struggling, how to help
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 27, 2025
Why do I face trials?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
Opinion
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
Opinion
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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